Soyeong Yang
Soyeong Yang
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Ph.D. Student
Ph.D. Student
Soyeong Yang is a Ph.D. student in HCI Tech Lab at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), advised by Prof. Sang Ho Yoon.
Her research interests are Haptic Rendering, Human Perception, and Virtual Reality. She focuses on rendering algorithms to ensure that haptic feedback in VR provides users with cognitively meaningful and enhanced experiences.
Soyeong Yang is a Ph.D. student in HCI Tech Lab at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), advised by Prof. Sang Ho Yoon.
Her research interests are Haptic Rendering, Human Perception, and Virtual Reality. She focuses on rendering algorithms to ensure that haptic feedback in VR provides users with cognitively meaningful and enhanced experiences.
She earned her M.S. from KAIST (Metaverse, Culture&Technology) and B.E. from Chung-Ang University (Art&Technology).
She earned her M.S. from KAIST (Metaverse, Culture&Technology) and B.E. from Chung-Ang University (Art&Technology).
Publications
AquaHaptics: Hand-based Multimodal Haptic Interactions for Immersive Virtual Underwater Experience
AquaHaptics: Hand-based Multimodal Haptic Interactions for Immersive Virtual Underwater Experience
Soyeong Yang, Sang Ho Yoon
Accepted - Will be Published IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)
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Research Experiences
Visual Media Lab (KAIST), Character Simulation Techniques Research based on Physics Engine using Deep Reinforcement Learning, Research Intern (Dec. 2021 ~ Feb. 2022)
Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) & Chung-Ang Univeristy, Development of Visual Perception Model for Digital Human based on big-data, Technical Researcher (Jun. 2019 ~ Aug. 2019)
Work Experiences
KAI (KAIST Spin-off), Development of Real-time Mobile Chat Application based on Metaverse, Intern, Software Engineer (July. 2022 ~ Dec. 2022)
Projects
Awards & Honors
KAIST GSMV Student Council (Spring 2024 ~ Spring 2025)
Student Innovation Challenge Sponsored by LG Electronics: Encouragement Award (3rd) Korea Haptics Conference (Nov. 2023)
HCI@KAIST Student Committee (Mar. 2023 ~ Feb. 2024)
KAIST Scholarship Graduate School of Metaverse (Spring 2023 ~ Present)
CAU Undergraduate Fellowship Dean's List (Spring 2021)
Academic Service
Reviewer
ACM IMWUT 2025
ACM Augmented Humans 2025, 2026
Student Volunteer
ACM CHI 2025
Skills & Techniques
Programming Language Python, C, C#
Game Engine Unity, Unreal Engine
Physical Computing Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi
3D Program Maya, Blender, Rhino
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